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Molecular changes and the maturation of sedimentary organic matter / by A.S. Mackenzie, R.L. Patience, and J.R. Maxwell -- Stenols, stanols, steranes, and the origins of natural gas and petroleum / by W.G. Meinschein and Wen-Yen Huang -- Source rock characterization by thermal distillation and pyrolysis / by J.M. Hunt -- Application of organic geochemistry and quantitative basin analysis to petroleum exploration / by D.H. Welte ... et al. -- Petroleum exploration, present and future / by J.G. Erdman.